Improvement in milk-cans



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lmprovementin MHk-Cans.

Patented Aug. 20, 1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SAUER, OF WHEATON, ILLINOIS.

iMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,752, dated August20, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To whom "it may concern:

Be it known thatI, J OHNP. SAUER, of Wheaton, in the county of Du Pageand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Milk-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, which will enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1representsa top view of a milkcan provided with my improvements, andFig. 2 a vertical section of the same in the plane of the line m a: ofFig. 1.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient meansof attaching the cover securely to the can, and to furnish the coverwith a tag-holder; and to that end it consists in the employment ofsprings upon the can and cover, in the manner hereafter described.

Inthe drawing, A represents the milk-can, and B the cover. 0 is a slotin that part of the milk-can which receives the co er, and G is acorresponding slot in the cover. D is a sprin one end of which isattached to the can, a the free end of which is bent so as to enter theslot 0 and prevent the cover from being turned when the spring rests inits slot. The free end of the spring D is also provided with athumb-piece, so that it may be conveniently drawn from the slot. E is aloop to prevent the spring D from being drawn too far from the can. Whenthe slots 0 and C are opposite each other the spring D enters them andlocks the cover to the can. F is a spring on the cover, and compressinga tag, G. H is a hook, in which the free end of the spring F rests. I isa thumb-piece on spring F.

1. The spring D, having its free end provided with a thumb-piece, andmade hook-shaped so as to prevent the cover from being raised and turnedwhen the hook is in its slots, in combination with the slotted milk canand cover and loop E, substantially as shown and

